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Dhee story at a glance

Babloo (Manchu Vishnu) is a go lucky guy at the same time he is irresponsible person. Irked by this behavior his father (Chandra Mohan) seeks help of Shankar Goud (Srihari) a local goon in Hyderabad. Shankar Goud appoints him as accountant in his office. Meanwhile, Shankar’s rival plans to kill Shankar Goud's sister Pooja (Genelia) but somehow Shankar’s men bring her home and house arrest her to keep her safe. Babloo sees Pooja and falls in love with her. How Babloo plays mind games and wins the trust of Shankar and marries Pooja forms the rest of the story.

Trade

The film really opened well. It garnered positive talk and reviews as well and was declared a super hit. The movie was made with a budget of 5 crores and collected 9 crores at box office.

Highlights

This film is first hit in Hero Manchu Vishnu’s career.

Srinu Vaitla teamed up with Vishnu for the first time.

Vishnu paired with Genelia for the first time.

The film was initially titled Babloo but they changed to Dhee.

Chakri for the first time composed music to Srinu Vaitla's film.

Sidelights

The producer of the film ran into huge financial trouble during the making of the film and hence the release of the film got delayed by almost 7 months.

Mohan Babu took the initiative to clear all the financial troubles and helped the producer to release the film.

The film was remade into Tamil as Mirattal, in Bengali asKhokababu (2012) and the Hindi remake starringSanjay Duttis in production. It was also Dubbed in Hindi as "Sabse Badi Hera pheri"